Bislang sind zwölf Spieltage in der Bundesliga-Saison 2009/2010 absolviert. Nach einem solchen
Zeitraum, kann man erste Aussagen treffen – beispielsweise darüber, ob sich die
Millionen-Investitionen vor Saison-Beginn gelohnt haben oder nicht. In Stuttgart kommt zwar
8-Millionen Mann Zdravko Kuzmanovic so langsam auf Touren, allerdings überwiegt noch die
(bisherige) Enttäuschung über die Leistungen der Neuzugänge Pogrebnyak und Hleb.
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Hannover 96 and Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke has died after allegedly committing suicide. The 32
year old threw himself into the path of a railway train travelling between Norddeich and Hannover
at Neustadt am Rübenberge around 6.30 pm German time on November 10, 2009. The train drivers tried
to apply the brakes after seeing Enke [.
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The clubs at the top of the table keep crawling along. The clubs at the bottom keep sinking.
Referees had a forgettable weekend and in between a player and a coach dropped bombshells.
Philipp Lahm. Bayern's disappointing draw at home against Schalke. Robben's
moment of madness for which he should have seen a red card.
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Trascorsi i due giorni di Champions, stasera va in scenala quarta giornata di Europa League. In
campo, per quanto riguarda i club italiani, le romane e il Genoa di Gasperini. Alle 19 apre le
danze proprio la formazione giallorossa, impegnata all'Olimpico contro il Fulham. I ragazzi di
Ranieri (nella foto), dopo aver ritrovato il sorriso in campionato, con la vittoria sul Bologna,
cercano punti preziosi in Europa contro gli inglesi di Roy Hodgson.
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3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat for Bundesliga clubs in Europe this week. The good news is that
five out of six have it all in their own hands to progress to the next round. The odd club out is
of course Hertha B... no wait.
Bayern Munich 0-2 Bordeaux. Bayern wanted a football teacher and got a textbook
case of how little possession stats tell you about the outcome of a football match.
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Goal video highlights from the Hamburg ( Hamburger SV) vs Celtic Europa League Group C game on
Thursday, November 5, 2009. Match kicks off at 21.05 CET from the HSH Nordbank Arena, Germany.
Celtic desperately need a win to breathe new life into their campaign, while a win for Hamburg
would effectively knock Celtic out.
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Continuing his strong return to the Borussia Monchengladbach first team, Michael Bradley helped
lead his side to an exciting 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Hamburger SV.
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The top of the league collectively dropped points, allowing Hoffenheim to close the gap but not
much more. The bottom of the league collectively dropped points, allowing Hertha to keep dreaming
about Bundesliga survival but not much more.
Rookie Coach of the Year. Also known as the Markus Babbel Trophy.
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Folgender Satz von Gladbachs Trainer Michael Frontzeck nach dem 3:2-Auswärtssieg gegen den
Tabellenzweiten Hamburger SV sagt schon alles aus: "Das war befreiend". Ein Befreiungsschlag, der
nötig war – schließlich hatte man davor nach zehn Spielen gerade einmal 8 Punkte auf dem Konto.
Nachdem die Gladbacher erfolgreich in die Saison starteten, folgte eine Negativserie.
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For the record, the photo accompanying this article is from Thursday's Boca Juniors match with
Chacarita Juniors at the Bombonera. It had no effect on the rankings, but I wanted to post a photo
of my own to the entry.
For the first time in over a month, a club remained at the top spot of the rankings for
consecutive weeks as Chelsea solidified its position at the top with a pair of 4-0 victories over
Bolton Wanderers this week.
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I know this is kind of late, but things have been busy here in Buenos Aires. Look for the
Stadium Tour entries to continue as I was able to attend the Boca Juniors / Chacarita Juniors match
at La Bombonera on Thursday.
Putting together this list just keeps getting more and more frustrating.
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We are now in high gear with the regular season in club football and the schedule demonstrates
it. I lost count at 40-something as the number of matches being broadcast this weekend. It should
be enough to keep people with even the most severe cases of football-ADD happy.
By our calculus, the match of the weekend takes place in Germany on Sunday when Schalke 04 hosts
Hamburger SV because that's the only match featuring a pair of WCR Top 25 Clubs.
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2 Blackouts. Stuttgart continued to show signs of life in their game against
Sevilla and they continued to produce stupid defensive lapses, which continually cost them the
games. Two such mistakes, coupled with the referee missing an offside position helped Sevilla to a
comfortable 3-1 victory.
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The UEFA Europa League wrapped up its third set of group stage matches on Thursday, October 22,
2009. Overall, there were not too many upsets as many of the favorites in each group leading.
Here's a recap, video highlights, and the latest group standings for the Europa League for the
matches on Thursday.
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Mark van Bommel signed a one year extension on his Bayern Munich contract last season. He had asked
for two years. Bayern answered by referring to a club policy of giving players over 30 only one
year extensions. At that time Martin Jol came sniffing around and rumors emerged that Hamburg might
be willing to give van Bommel that extra season.
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Bayern were busy exercising control and dominance. Leverkusen were busy defending. Hamburg were
busy passing the ball around. Creativity, inspiration and excitement were busy waiting for a date
that would never show up. Not this weekend.
Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars. VfB Stuttgart will host Sevilla in
the Champions League on Tuesday and then head off to Hannover for, what is now, a relegation
six-pointer.
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Ich gebe zu, dass die Überschrift nicht besonders glücklich gewählt wurde. Mir ist aber keine
bessere eingefallen. Es ist schon gespenstisch was sich im hohen Norden abspielt. Kein Verein ist
dieses Jahr mit einem solchen Verletzungspech gesegnet, wie der Sportverein an der Elbe. Besonders
in letzter Zeit spitzte sich die Verletzungsmiserie doch arg zu.
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I attribute it to the fact that I got on this late this week, but ESPN has its schedules up, so
the list below should be pretty thorough.
As we return to club action this weekend (Thank God!!!), we have a large set of great games and
most of them are going to take place on Saturday. Unfortunately, that is going to result in three
of the best matches taking place at the same time.
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With Paulo Guerrero and Mladen Petric sustaining long term injuries, Hamburg are facing a
forward crisis of epic proportion. The weight of a team that is tied on points for the league falls
on the shoulders on young Swede Marcus Berg. No matter who Labbadia might sign, bring up from the
reserves or shift, Berg is still the only proven striker the Dinosaurs have.
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The final two matches in the group stage of UEFA World Cup Qualifying are coming up with several
teams not yet qualified. Most of the favorites have qualified or will with one more victory. The
current teams that have qualified for the World Cup finals next summer in South Africa are South
Africa, Japan, Australia, South Korea, North Korea, Brazil, Ghana, England, Spain, Netherlands, and
Uruguay.
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As last week's rankings were brought to you from a train from Munich to Vienna, this week's is
brought to you from a train from Prague to Berlin. I wasn't able to attend a match in Prague, in
part because the blood match between Sparta and Slavia was moved to today, so this week's picture
is just a random one that I took in Prague.
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Establishing something comparable to England's Big Four remains a distant dream for last
season's top four in the Bundesliga. Wolfsburg are 7th after disappointingly drawing with Bochum.
Munich are 8th after disappointingly drawing with Cologne. Stuttgart are 13th after disappointingly
losing to Bremen.
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Establishing something comparable to England's Big Four remains a distant dream for last
season's top four in the Bundesliga. Wolfsburg are 7th after disappointingly drawing with Bochum.
Munich are 8th after disappointingly drawing with Cologne. Stuttgart are 13th after disappointingly
losing to Bremen.
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Am Freitag erhielt HSV-Verteidiger Jerome Boateng eine ganz besondere Nachricht: Bundestrainer
Joachim Löw hat ihn für die nächsten Länderspiele gegen Russland am 10. Oktober sowie gegen
Finnland vier Tage später berufen. Tags darauf gewann er noch mit den Hamburgern mit 4:2 gegen Tel
Aviv, am folgenden Tag folgte dann das zweite Erfolgserlebnis innerhalb von nur zwei Tagen.
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Hamburg remain in control of the top, Hertha remain in control of the bottom and with his wins
over Bochum, Dortmund and the Schalke fans Felix Magath is now in total control of the Ruhr
Valley.
Battle Chess. When a commenter on one of Germany's public broadcasters
attempted to summarize and categorize the match between Hamburg and Bayern, he kept talking about
this game being for tactic freaks, but with an uncertainty to his statements, as though he didn't
really know what was going on and didn't want to admit to it.
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Extra Time. We can end the debate about where the seven minutes of extra time
came from in the Manchester derby. They were taken from the Bundesliga's three Sunday fixtures,
where the refs decided to call it a day after pretty much exactly 90 minutes. It's not really a
coincidence but rather an annoying habit.
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Am Ende jeder Saison kämpfen die Teams der Bundesliga nicht nur um den Meistertitel, sondern
auch um die Plätze im internationalen Geschäft. Nun ist wieder der Zeitpunkt erreicht, an dem
sich die sechs besten Teams der letzten Saison in der Champions League und in der Europa League
beweisen dürfen.
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Der Donnerstag in einer internationalen Fußballwoche: Europa Liga – oder wahlweise Europe
League, ich wehre mich gegen diesen frischen neuen Namen – ist angesagt. Der HSV ist zu Gast in
Wien, Hertha spielt vor heimischer Kulisse gegen Ventspils und Werder spielt in Funchal.
Interessante Spiele, könnte man meinen.
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Three wins, two draws and one defeat makes for a balanced but not too glorious start to this
year's European season.
Wolfsburg. You are never too old for an impressive Champions League debut.
Grafite (30) scored a hat-trick and became only (or already?) the sixth player to do so on his
debut.
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